Cancer Charities Closed Following Multi-State Lawsuit

A multistate civil lawsuit filed last May against a group of family members who claimed to raise money for cancer victims has been settled, resulting in the closing of two charities that allegedly bilked donors for some $75 million, New York’s attorney general said on Wednesday.

The closed charities are the Cancer Fund of America Inc., based in Knoxville, Tenn., and Cancer Support Services Inc., based in Dearborn, Mich. The president of both nonprofits, James Reynolds Sr., has been banned from the nonprofit sector.